Aldi to be part of Kingwood shopping center redevelopment

Updated 1:44 pm, Thursday, October 6, 2016

The Shoppes at KingsGate, a redevelopment of the former Kingwood Center at Kingwood Drive and Chestnut Ridge Road, has landed an Aldi grocery store.

The 18,600-square-foot store is planned to open in the third quarter of 2017, along with a new 9,500-square-foot Dollar Tree, according to an announcement by Chestnut Ridge Associates.

Securing a grocer has been a challenge as several other deals fell through, according to Andrew Schreer, chairman of S.P.I. and managing partner of ownership.

Other grocers expanding in Kingwood include H-E-B at Main Street Kingwood, a development at West Lake Houston Parkway and Kingwood Drive, and Kroger at Westlake Marketplace, a development along Beltway 8 near Generation Park.